Haitai Nanafa: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Nanafa Kyan lives in Okinawa with her grandmother who runs the "Kame Soba" soba shop, her beautiful older sister Nao who is in high school, and her younger sister Kokona, who is in elementary school and has a strong ability to sense the supernatural.

One day, Nanafa witnesses a seal fall off of a Chinese banyan tree, and three spirits who live in that tree are unleashed. These spirits include Niina and Raana, who are "jimunaa" spirits. The third spirit is Iina, who is an incarnation of an Okinawan lion statue. As spirits start appearing one after another, the peaceful life of Nanafa and her family begins to change.

(Source: ANN)

Series details

• Title: Haitai Nanafa
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Comedy, Anime, Fantasy
• Premiere date: 2012-10-06
• Final broadcast date listed: 2013-06-29
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: QAB
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 5 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 17648
• IMDb ID: tt2390056
• TVDB ID: 262110

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2012-10-06; final listed air date 2012-12-29.
• Season 2: premiered 2013-04-06; final listed air date 2013-06-29.

Source and licence

Adapted from Haitai Nanafa on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.